IN 1820, AFTER serving at the Washington Navy Yard, Lt. Cmdr. John Porter arrived at his new post at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. His commanding officer would
America s next attack subs are likely to be giants. But the Navy s public shipyards, working on a $21 billion recapitalization, seem focused on dry-docks for smaller subs
LIEUTENANT Commandant John Porter’s vessel, the brig USS Boxer, was shipwrecked in the South Pass channel of the Mississippi River on Oct. 24, 1817. He was 24 years old, and
CIVIL WAR MAJOR General Fitz John Porter was born in Portsmouth, N.H., in 1822. The name Fitz John (sometimes written as Fitz-John or FitzJohn) was chosen in accordance with an